We know extreme weather events are linked to climate change, so why isn't this part of every report?

Ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show starting 14 September, BMW is drumming up buzz for a completely new concept car, the Vision EfficientDynamics. BMW today released a video (over the fold) promising all the sporty driving fun of the BMW M3 in

At TreeHugger, we've been big fans of car-sharing services for a long time. ZipCar has long dominated the field, pushing the envelope recently by adding hybrid vehicles and expanding into new

It appears that drivers of fancy cars are more likely to go through pedestrian crosswalks

Actually, a bit more than 100%.

Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?

Test out your green car awareness by seeing if you can name the 2014 World Green Car of the Year. Note: it has to be a new model.

In a funny twist, one of the stars of an extremely popular car show (Top Gear) whose script smeared Tesla is now going electric. James May is getting a BMW i3.

Instead of banning cars from city centers, this automaker recommends elevated roads for electric bikes & scooters to ease congestion and emissions.

Though known colloquially as food that is grown to be more healthy (and is more expensive), in order for organic food to be certified as such, it must be produced under specific, legally-regulated standards and be subject to testing in order to retain

The local food movement, eating local, being on the "100 mile diet" or being a locavore are all synonymous with local food, whose consumption has risen to prominence as an

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

Cleaning products are everywhere in our homes and offices: on dishes, countertops, furniture, clothes, floors, windows, and floating through the air. In our war on dirt and germs we may often actually be making things worse.

My word of the year is a little geeky this time around, but it crosses over -- and unites -- fields.

Resolve to make these simple changes month by month as a graceful way to ease into a more sustainable lifestyle.

End goals for CO2 emissions are just one part of the picture. How fast we start moving toward them is just as important.

Researchers were shocked to discover what part of the bread-making process generates most emissions.

Evonik and Siemens announce two-year project to demonstrate feasibility of "technical photosynthesis" using eco-electricity to convert carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals

The goal could be reached even earlier, if Scots changed what they eat.

From Genghis Khan's reforestation to King Edward I's 14th century ban of coal mining, these famous people were dedicated to TreeHugger ethics --- even if they didn't know it.

Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.

Excessive population growth presents an immediate environmental danger greater than climate change.

And there are plenty of humans who would agree.

Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.

As food supplies have tightened, a new geopolitics of food has emerged—a world in which the global competition for land and water is intensifying and each country is fending for itself.

Today is Earth Overshoot Day, but it's not exactly something we should be celebrating. It's actually a wakeup call for humanity.

Demographers are complaining, but Americans have many good reasons for not wanting so many kids.

On National Book Lovers Day, we celebrate the ultimate slow hobby.

It's not revising up its official targets, but the government is hinting that it may now achieve 225 GW by 2022.

In a double breakthrough, scientists find a material four times more efficient at making hydrogen by photocatalysis and demonstrate how to make it at low temperature

Move over, regular solar panels.

Primary energy consumption was down, too.

For those who say it's too difficult...

It's a good thing global fish stocks aren't in peril...

It's an important inflection point. But a lot of work still remains.

Researchers conducted the largest controlled study yet of the effects of energy drinks on the heart and blood pressure in healthy adults.

After all, who wouldn't want a glass of "pure glacial water filtered through lava"?

From soothing stress to providing weird minerals you didn't know you need, iced tea provides more than just a refreshing boost.

A lot of websites are saying so, but there is no evidence that it ever happened.

Apparently people are eating less of it.

A last-minute menu change has switched out fish for mushrooms.

Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.

Wannabe vegetarians can fulfill their cravings using scent, rather than the real thing.

You're more likely to eat certain foods if your friends post pictures of them.

The device uses a tablet or smartphone to connect you with your pet during the day, give it treats and make sure it's not tearing up the furniture.

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

Who would have thought our canine companions could have allergies to a carnivorous diet?

The last of these dog-like animals, also known as Tasmanian tigers, was thought to have died in 1936. But might they still be lurking elusively in the wild?

I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.